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LibriVox recording of Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital, by Its Matron by Phoebe Yates Pember. Read by Sue Anderson Phoebe Yates Pember served as a matron in the Confederate Chimborazo military hospital in Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War, overseeing a dietary kitchen serving meals to 300 or more wounded soldiers daily. Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital is her vivid recounting of hospital life and of her tribulations (and personal growth) as a female administrator. To follow her... Topics: librivox, audiobooks, U. S. Civil War, Richmond, Virginia, Cosmopolite magazine, Confederate... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text